18 May 2017

Poetic Landscapes – Recent Gems in Japanese Indie Animation

Florian Höhr and I have put
together a selection of some of the best animated shorts to come out of Japan
in recent years. Each of these works look
upon the world through a poetic lens. Whether inspired directly from poetry
like Ryo Orikasa’s Noburō Ōfuji Award winning Datum Point,or poetic in manner of expression, each artist uses animation to
depict their own unique view of the world.

We are
delighted to announce that the illustrator and graphic designer Hayato Nove, director of Affordance, will be in attendance to
answer your questions about his mesmerising work. Affordance
has screened at international festivals including Image Forum, where it won the
Award for Excellence, VIFF, and DOTMOV 2016.